Unemployment Stomp

Last night I was reading a book called The Thirties: A Time To Remember and couldn't help but note (again) the many similarities (consumer debt, failing banks, plummeting stocks, rising unemployment, etc.). The thing that irks me is the spate of adamant assurances that prosperity is just around the corner, then and today. But in lieu of a diatribe I turn to more music and thought of this cd. For a collection of only 16 tracks, this is a really good sampling of songs of the Great Depression. This cd can still be purchased at www.newworldrecords.org and the really cool thing is that you can download (as a .pdf) the liner notes for their entire catalog! In this case, that means 36 pages. Enjoy. +

Tracks

1. Brother, Can You Spare A Dime? - Bing Crosby
2. The Boulevard Of Broken Dreams - Deane Janis
3. Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries - Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut Yankees
4. In The Still Of The Night - Glen Gray And The Casa Loma Orchestra
5. Love Walked In - Shirley Temple
6. On The Good Ship Lollypop - Shirley Temple
7. Unemployment Stomp - Big Bill Broonzy
8. The Gold Diggers' Song (We're In The Money) - Dick Powell
9. All In Down And Out Blues - Uncle Dave Macon
10. Fifteen Miles From Birmingham - The Delmore Brothers
11. The Coal Loading Machine - The Evening Breezes Sextet
12. NRA Blues - Bill Cox
13. I Ain't Got No Home In This World Anymore - Woody Guthrie
14. The Death Of Mother Jones - Gene Autry
15. All I Want - The Almanac Singers/Pete Seeger
16. The White Cliffs Of Dover - Glenn Miller And His Orchestra